Dollar Threshold Amount for Contract Coverage Under State Prevailing Wage Laws January 1, 2003

Table of Dollar Threshold Amounts for Contract Coverage Under State Prevailing Wage Laws

STATE 1

THRESHOLD AMOUNT

Alaska

$ 2,000

Arkansas

75,000

California

1,000

Connecticut

400,000 for new construction

100,000 for remodeling

Delaware

100,000 for new construction

15,000 for remodeling

Hawaii

2,000

Illinois

None

Indiana

150,000

Kentucky

250,000

Maine

10,000

Maryland

500,000

Massachusetts

None

Michigan

None

Minnesota

25,000 where more than one trade is involved

2,500 where a single trade is involved

Missouri

None

Montana

25,000

Nebraska

None, except $40,000 for projects let by public school districts

Nevada

100,000

New Jersey

2,000

New Mexico

20,000

New York

None

Ohio

62,549 for new construction 2 /

18,764 for remodeling 2 /

Oregon

25,000

Pennsylvania

25,000

Rhode Island

1,000

Tennessee

50,000

Texas

None

Vermont

100,000

Washington

None 3 /

West Virginia

None 4 /

Wisconsin

State and Municipal contracts

State highway contracts

 

$180,000 where more than one trade is involved; $37,000 where a single trade is involved

None

Wyoming

25,000

Footnotes:

1/ Eighteen States do not have prevailing wage laws. These States are Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Virginia.

2/ Ohio . Beginning January 1, 1996, and every two years thereafter, threshold amounts will be adjusted according to the change in the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census Implicit Price Deflator for Construction, provided that no increase or decrease may exceed 6 percent for the two-year period.

3/ Washington . A separate law applicable only to State college/university construction provides for a $25,000 threshold amount.

4/ West Virginia . A $50,000 threshold is applicable for projects of the West Virginia Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council.


States Without Prevailing Wage Laws

Alabama - repealed in 1980

Arizona - invalidated by 1980 court decision
Repealed in referendum in 1984

Colorado - repealed in 1985

Florida - repealed in 1979

Georgia -

Idaho - repealed in 1985

Iowa -

Kansas - repealed in 1987

Louisiana - repealed in 1988

Mississippi -

New Hampshire - repealed in 1985

North Carolina -

North Dakota -

Oklahoma - invalidated by 1995 court decision

South Carolina -

South Dakota -

Utah - repealed in 1981

Virginia -

Prepared by:

Division of External Affairs
Wage and Hour Division
Employment Standards Administration
U.S. Department of Labor

This document was last revised in December 2002; unless otherwise stated, the information reflects requirements that were in effect, or would take effect, as of January 1, 2003.